House Education and the Workforce Committee

108th Congress (2004 cycle)

Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), ChairRep. George Miller (D-Calif), Ranking Member

All businesses  big and small  watch the decisions of the House Education and the Workforce Committee on minimum wage, worker safety and compensation, and employee protections. The committee is equally important to labor unions lobbying to ensure the best working conditions for their members. Frequent clashes between business and labor can turn this committee into a battleground. Less volatile debates have focused on legislation that would cut the rates on student loans  creating a lobbying battle between banks (a top donor to committee members) and educational groups.

Sectors Contributing to Members of this Committee, 2004 Election Cycle

PACs

Indivs

Agribusiness

$1,155,590

$924,059

Communic/Electronics

$1,058,594

$1,065,549

Construction

$1,002,912

$1,706,435

Defense

$509,574

$163,598

Energy/Nat Resource

$1,107,762

$616,643

Finance/Insur/RealEst

$3,733,450

$6,132,654

Health

$2,175,203

$2,754,553

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$671,665

$3,511,307

Transportation

$1,427,558

$773,300

Misc Business

$2,223,097

$3,605,886

Labor

$4,226,994

$13,008

Ideology/Single-Issue

$5,062,296

$181,921

Other

$152,505

$4,821,070

Figures are based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically
. Numbers are taken from PAC donations and individual contributions of more than $200.

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